Editorial: City should not be in the entertainment business

By huge margins, a new city council and mayor were swept into office in Floresville. This did not mean that it would be without controversy, however. To be sure, the controversy has continued. . . .

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Your Opinions and Comments

LaLa - why don't you go ask the City Manager - he can give you a straight answer - and you can get your information from the employee that is in charge of canceling this event.
The counsel gave him direction to do the cancelation ... More ›

LaLa - why don't you go ask the City Manager - he can give you a straight answer - and you can get your information from the employee that is in charge of canceling this event.
The counsel gave him direction to do the cancelation - he is the one in charge of the money - that will be the person you want to talk to -
I am sure he will answer any questions you have. I would be interested in all of the questions you have ask, also. Let us know.

Once again we ask, Elaine, did the private sector pay for the bands, or are they riding the city coat tails on what we paid and was lost? No one seems to want to answer that question. So if the private sector did not have to ... More ›

Once again we ask, Elaine, did the private sector pay for the bands, or are they riding the city coat tails on what we paid and was lost? No one seems to want to answer that question. So if the private sector did not have to pay more to the bands, it is still a city party and any citizen should be able to go without paying more because we are paying in tax money. Until that question is answered, we the taxpayers are still being ripped off!!! We would like to see an audit on THAT event? Money coming in, going out. Yes, the city should NOT be in the business of running the event center.